Troy Smith, James Laurinaitis and the faces of Ohio State football's Big Ten takeover

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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Football, Sports

4.2 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Which former Ohio State football player best exemplifies what it means to be a Buckeye? That’s what we’ll spend the next week trying to figure out with the help of the Buckeye Talk Subtext subscribers. Over 150 people were considered but only 32 could make the official bracket as Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis discuss some of the greatest players in history. But this isn’t about just being the best. It’s about telling the story of a program and who we can’t tell that story without. That continues with our third Elite 8 matchup featuring Troy Smith and James Laurinaitis. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk and sign up to get text messages from experts Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis at 614-350-3315. Get the insider analysis, have your voice heard on the Buckeye Talk podcast and connect with the best Buckeye community out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, where you've been,
0:17.1	Buckeye talk is about to begin.
0:20.5	Hey, hey, hey, come on in. Ben, Buckeye Talk is about to begin.
0:24.8	Hey, hey, hey, come on in.
0:33.0	Welcome back to Buckeye Talk.
0:33.7	I'm Stephen Means.
0:35.7	That's Tafon Krasnick, and that is Andrew Gillis.
0:38.1	We continue on with our Woody Hayes' greatest Buckeye bracket. Again, this is not necessarily about who the best player is. I think we have
0:44.6	to continue to remind ourselves so that this is not about who the best player is. This is about
0:47.8	who is the epitome of what it means to be an Ohio State Buckeye. And yes, part of that is being a good player, but all 32 people
0:55.3	who made this bracket were good players. In fact, all 150 plus people who got to mention to be in this
1:00.2	bracket were good football players. This is Ohio State we're talking about. This is about the
1:04.0	epitome of what it means to be a Buckeye based off their accolades, team success, memorable
1:08.7	moments, Michigan success or lack of success,
1:11.4	and overall, Buckeye, O'Roura. We've already talked Archie versus A.J. Hawk. We've talked
1:16.9	Eddie George versus Orlando Pace, and now we continue on with another regional championship game.
1:22.1	Today, it's Troy Smith, Heisman Trophy, winning quarterback. In fact, he's the last Ohio State
1:27.4	football player to win the Heisman Trophy, and. In fact, he's the last Ohio State football player to win the
1:28.6	Heisman trophy and James Ornitis, who might be the most decorated linebacker in the history of Ohio
1:34.5	State when you look at his resume that he is now starting to add to as a coach. Troy Smith was
1:39.0	a quarterback here from 2000 through the 2006, who actually has a pretty unique story of how he got here as a
1:45.4	Glenville product and how he ended up being the starting quarterback, how he lost the job
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